The Law of the Range

The Law of the Range
Theatrical poster
Directed byWilliam Nigh
Written byStory:
Norman Houston
Screenplay:
Richard Schayer
Titles:
Robert E. Hopkins
StarringTim McCoy
Joan Crawford
Rex Lease
Bodil Rosing
CinematographyClyde De Vinna
Edited byDan Sharits
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • January 21, 1928 (1928-01-21)
Running time
60 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Law of the Range is a 1928 American silent Western film starring Tim McCoy and Joan Crawford and Rex Lease.[1]

Plot

Betty Dallas (Crawford) is a passenger on a stagecoach that is held up by an outlaw named The Solitaire Kid (Lease). Ranger Jim Lockhart (McCoy), who is Betty's sweetheart, is in pursuit of The Solitaire Kid, and in the end, as the two men face one another, there is a mortal shoot-out.

Cast

Preservation

  • The film survives; preserved by MGM preservation laboratory.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Law of the Range at silentera.com
  2. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:The Law of the Range


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